Thanks Ed. I'm not sure why it didn't seem to work anymore based on what you say. I don't use XP myself so I'll have to wait a little while to test it properly. At least now I know it _should_ work. :)

-Kevin.

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>   (    1,    1)  C            "Symantec Fax Starter Edition"
>   (    1,    2)  C            "OLFModem"
>   (    2,    1)  C            "\\WEATHERSVR\\\MARTYQ\marty"
>   (    2,    2)  C            "\\MARTYQ\marty"
>   (    3,    1)  C            "\\WEATHERSVR\\\OUTER\eileen"
>   (    3,    2)  C            "\\OUTER\eileen"
>   (    4,    1)  C            "\\weathersvr\laserplain"
>   (    4,    2)  C             "IP_192.168.0.40,IP_192.168.0.41"
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>>Can anyone tell me the way I should/could be doing this? ...and also if this will work in a MS 'cross-platform' network.
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>You have to use the form SET PRINTER TO NAME (myprint2) rather than macro-expanding the vairable.